Peanut Butter Nutella Blondies
I love Christmastime for the lights, the festivities, the togetherness, the panettone and the pudding, the glitter and the glogg. But I do not love the presents. It often feels like ’tis the season for buying things for the sake of checking names off a list and for receiving things you don’t need or want. One way to bypass most of Christmas-related present-buying stress is to make three or four big batches of cookies, brownies and bars, then mix and wrap them up in paper or pretty bags and give them as gifts.* It’s easy, it’s fun, it’s cheap and people will appreciate getting a dozen homemade blondies a lot more than having to figure out how to regift that holiday themed oven mitt.
If you’re looking for the perfect medley of giftable treats, I recommend my biscotti, some kind of classic cookie, and these peanut butter Nutella blondies. As far as effort goes, it’s next to nothing. I made these last night while waiting for the pasta water to boil, true story.
PEANUT BUTTER NUTELLA BLONDIES
These are one of the best things I’ve ever made. Never have I received so much praise for such little effort. They take no time, no effort, no cleaning up, just a very healthy amount of our favorite things: butter, sugar and chocolate. Below recipe adapted from this one on Averie Cooks, where peanut butter chips are used instead of chocolate chips and only Nutella is spooned on top. It’s super adaptable, so use what you have or what you feel like!
1/2 cup (115 grams/1 stick) butter, melted
1 egg
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips
peanut butter
Nutella
Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Prepare a baking tin by coating the bottom and sides in butter. If you don’t have a tin you can use a tray.
In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, egg and sugar until creamy. Use a wooden spoon to mix in the flour and chocolate chips. Plop the batter into the prepared tin. Spoon big dollops of peanut butter and/or nutella on top, as much as you want.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 mins, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Wait until almost completely cool before slicing.
*If you want to give more substantial baked goods, check out my pumpkin bread, which makes perfect little loaves.
